brown soils

American  

plural noun

1. a zonal group of soils with a brown surface horizon, developed on cool to temperate grasslands.

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Example Sentences

Lighter brown soils are more prevalent in rolling lands and in foothills throughout the country.

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A sandy soil is that which is generally selected for cinnamon, but other soils may be chosen also, such as a mixture of sandy with red soil, free from quartz, gravel, or rock, also red and dark brown soils.

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Dark brown soils, approaching to black, which, without having much clay in them, appear to the eye to have a mixture of coral.

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